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H2O in Space: Waste Not, Want Not

October 27, 2021 Scott Elliott, Agricultural Research Service Office of Communications

Water is critical in space. This is especially true for NASA’s planned long-term space missions, replete with on-board farming. At roughly 8.34 pounds per gallon, getting enough H2O aboard ship to irrigate crops and sustain astronauts is expensive, as every pound carried to space requires additional...

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